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...foot down-hard, right on McLain's toes. According to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Denny explained in one of several versions that he had dislocated his toes at home while chasing raccoons away from his garbage cans. At the time Detroit was fighting the Boston Red Sox for the pennant. McLain was no help: he lost his last three games of the season, ending with a 17-16 record...
...announced that there was "no indication" that McLain's actions "in any way involve the playing or outcome of baseball games," the stink lingered on. Citing a gangland source, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED says that Tony Giacalone's brother Billy bet big money on Boston to win the 1967 pennant, and that he also bet heavily against Detroit in their final, pennant-deciding game of the season with the California Angels. Having already lost two, possibly three pitching turns because of his injured toes, McLain nevertheless came out to start this game. He was bombed off the mound...
...Champions, men with strong, clean names like Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman. And suddenly they began to win. In the year 1969, the Amazin's beat out the Chicago Cubs for their division title; then they whipped the boys from Atlanta soundly to win the National League pennant...
...understand the merit of identifying with a winner, appeared to anoint the Mets with effervescent waters. But the victory belonged to the doughty and determined fans who had stood behind their beloved anti-heroes through seven years of tears and laughter. At long last, not only a National League pennant but also a World Series flag fluttered in the breeze atop Shea Stadium...
...Thompson, 43, former slugging third baseman for the New York Giants; of liver disease; in Fresno, Calif. Thompson and Outfielder Monte Irvin were the first of many Negro stars signed by Leo Durocher, and the policy paid off handsomely when Thompson's home runs sparked a successful Giant pennant drive in 1954. In the World Series that year, "Hammerm' Hank," as he was called, helped rout the formidable Cleveland Indians with a .364 batting average. He hit 129 major league homers before injuries and drinking problems forced his retirement...